on the 13th day of the 5th month of the 2d year of Keio, corresponding to the 25th day of June, 1866; the Convention concluded on the 25th day of the 7th month of the 11th year of Meiji, corresponding to the 25th day of July, 1878, and all arrangements and agreements subsidiary thereto concluded or existing between the high contracting parties, and from the same date such treaties, conventions, arrangements, and agreements shall cease to be binding, and in consequence, the jurisdiction then exercised by courts of the United States in Japan and all the exceptional privileges, exemptions, and immunities then enjoyed by citizens of the United States as a part of, or appurtenant to such jurisdiction shall absolutely and without notice cease and determine, and thereafter all such jurisdiction shall be assumed and exercised by Japanese' courts. ARTICLE XIX. This treaty shall go into operation on the 17th day of July, 1899, and shall remain in force for the period of twelve years from that date. Either high contracting party shall have the right, at any time thereafter, to give notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, and at the expiration of twelve months after such notice is given, this treaty shall wholly cease and determine. ARTICLE XX. This treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokio or Washington as soon as possible, and not later than six months after its signature. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty in duplicate, and have thereunto affixed their seals. Done at the city of Washington, the 22d day of the eleventh month of the 27th year of Meiji, corresponding to the 22d day of November, in the eighteen hundred and ninety-fourth year of the Christian era. (Signed) SCHINICHIRO KURINO, (L. s.) Amendment to the Foregoing Treaty, PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Article 19, Clause 2, after the word "time" insert the word "thereafter," and strike out all after the word "time" down to and including the word "operation," so that the clause will read : "Either high contractin party shall have the right, at any time thereafter, to give notice to the other of its intension to terminate the same, and at the expiration of twelve months after such notice is given, this treaty shall wholly cease and determine." As we go to press, the following official dispatch reaches the author from Washington, under date of 17th July, 1899. It is the treaty, in substance, which the author negotiated for his government after the Treaty-Conference of 1885-6 and 7, adjourned without the concurrence of any other Treaty Power. It was re-enacted formally, June 20, 1894. The "beginning of the end" of exterritorialism in Japan, was the memorable day when the Independent Treaty between the United States was made, duly offered by President Cleveland and the Emperor of Japan in 1888, and only failed to be ratified, because of a change of the political administration and the inauguration of President Harrison. The good seed sown a decade ago, has at last, preserved in a generous soil for all these years by the Empire and the Republic, germinated, and reaching the maturity of its growth, yields the rich harvest of absolute autonomy and freedom to Japan: JAPAN'S FORWARD STEP. WITH TO-DAY HER RELATIONS WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD UN DERGO A RADICAL CHANGE-NEW TREATIES EFFECTIVE- WASHINGTON, July 16.-The new treaty between the United States and Japan goes into effect to morrow, at which time also new treaties between Japan and nearly all of the countries of Europe and some of the South American Republics also go into effect. It is an event of far-reaching importance in the relations between Japan and the United States, as it does away with the treaty methods which have been in vogue for nearly fifty years, and substitutes an entirely new method of procedure. The same is true in the relations of Japan with other countries. Taken as a whole the many new treaties which go into effect to-morrow place Japan on an entirely new footing with the world at large, as she is recognized, for the first time, as an equal in every respect. The treaty with this country was made June 20, 1894, in Washington, between Secretary Gresham and Minister Kureno, who then represented Japan here. The changes it made were so far-reaching that it was determined the treaty should not go into operation until July 17, 1899. In an interview to-day Mr. Jutaro Komura, the present Japanese minister in Washington, said: "The 17th of July marks the turning-point in the diplomatic history not only of Japan, but of the oriental countries in general. It will be the first instance in which the western Powers have recognized the full sovereignty of an oriental State. "This action of the enlightened nations of Europe and America shows that if any country is ready to assume a full share in the responsibility and affairs of the world at large these old and enlightened Powers are ready to admit such a country to full power among nations. So we regard this treaty as a very important step, not only for Japan, but for all the nations of the East. "The countries with which Japan has made new treaties are the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Den |